Ewert v. Höegh Autoliners AS,

JurisdictionBritish Columbia
JudgeThe Honourable Madam Justice MacKenzie,The Honourable Mr. Justice Fitch,The Honourable Madam Justice Fisher
Citation2020 BCCA 181
Docket NumberCA44148
CourtCourt of Appeal (British Columbia)
Date29 June 2020

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37 practice notes
  • Table of Cases
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books Transnational and Cross-Border Criminal Law. Canadian Perspectives Part VI. Inter-State Cooperation and Enforcement
    • September 12, 2023
    ...États-Unis Mexicains c Boily, 2005 QCCA 599.......................................................... 436 Ewert v Höegh Autoliners AS, 2020 BCCA 181 ..........................................................355 Ezokola v Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2013 SCC 40 ..........................
  • Canada (Attorney General) v. Scow,
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (British Columbia)
    • August 5, 2022
    ...no jurisdiction to entertain the claim is a question of law to which a correctness standard applies: Ewert v. Höegh Autoliners AS, 2020 BCCA 181 at paras. 42–44. I do not understand the plaintiff to contest this latter [78]       A court is not requ......
  • Cleeves v. The Warden and Fellows of St. Antony’s College in the University of Oxford,
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court of British Columbia (Canada)
    • April 14, 2021
    ...recently provided the framework for assessing a jurisdictional challenge based on territorial competence in Ewert v. Höegh Autoliners AS, 2020 BCCA 181 where MacKenzie J.A. [9] To understand how this application proceeded, it is important to set out the framework for assessing territorial c......
  • 2025 BCSC 146,
    • Canada
    • January 1, 2025
    ...The standard of proof is low. The basic jurisdictional facts the plaintiff relies on are taken to be true: Ewert v. Höegh Autoliners AS, 2020 BCCA 181 at para. 16. This is often referred to as the presumption that the pleaded facts are true. The defendant may contest these facts with eviden......
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39 cases
  • Sinclair v. Venezia Turismo, 2025 SCC 27
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court (Canada)
    • July 31, 2025
    ...Pasig and Hudson Private Ltd., 2024 ONCA 164 ; Haaretz.com v. Goldhar, 2018 SCC 28 , [2018] 2 S.C.R. 3 ; Ewert v. Höegh Autoliners AS, 2020 BCCA 181, 38 B.C.L.R. (6th) 99 ; Giustra v. Twitter, Inc., 2021 BCCA 466 , 59 B.C.L.R. (6th) 55 ; Eastern Power Ltd. v. Azienda Comunale Energia ......
  • Sinclair v Venezia Turismo,
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court (Canada)
    • July 31, 2025
    ...v. Pasig and Hudson Private Ltd., 2024 ONCA 164; Haaretz.com v. Goldhar, 2018 SCC 28, [2018] 2 S.C.R. 3; Ewert v. Höegh Autoliners AS, 2020 BCCA 181, 38 B.C.L.R. (6th) 99; Giustra v. Twitter, Inc., 2021 BCCA 466, 59 B.C.L.R. (6th) 55; Eastern Power Ltd. v. Azienda Comunale Energia & Amb......
  • Canada (Attorney General) v. Scow,
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (British Columbia)
    • August 5, 2022
    ...no jurisdiction to entertain the claim is a question of law to which a correctness standard applies: Ewert v. Höegh Autoliners AS, 2020 BCCA 181 at paras. 42–44. I do not understand the plaintiff to contest this latter [78]       A court is not requ......
  • Cleeves v. The Warden and Fellows of St. Antony’s College in the University of Oxford,
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court of British Columbia (Canada)
    • April 14, 2021
    ...recently provided the framework for assessing a jurisdictional challenge based on territorial competence in Ewert v. Höegh Autoliners AS, 2020 BCCA 181 where MacKenzie J.A. [9] To understand how this application proceeded, it is important to set out the framework for assessing territorial c......
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2 books & journal articles
  • Table of Cases
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books Transnational and Cross-Border Criminal Law. Canadian Perspectives Part VI. Inter-State Cooperation and Enforcement
    • September 12, 2023
    ...États-Unis Mexicains c Boily, 2005 QCCA 599.......................................................... 436 Ewert v Höegh Autoliners AS, 2020 BCCA 181 ..........................................................355 Ezokola v Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2013 SCC 40 ..........................
  • The Long Arm of Canadian Price-Fixing Law? Canadian Jurisdiction Over Foreign Price-Fixing Conspiracies
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books Transnational and Cross-Border Criminal Law. Canadian Perspectives Part IV
    • September 12, 2023
    ...their sales into Canada. his might supply the causal connection sought by Perell J. 27 Ibid at para 109. 28 Ewert v Höegh Autoliners AS , 2020 BCCA 181. 29 Ibid at para 76. 30 Ibid at para 77. 31 Pioneer Corp v Godfrey , above note 14. 32 Ibid at para 59. 355 W. Michael G. Osborne 3) Effect......